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Capital :: Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment..

Pot :: Pot (v. t.) To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc., having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off..

Plank-sheer :: Plank-sheer (n.) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.

Student :: Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail..

Chelone :: Chelone (n.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc..

Fig :: Fig (n.) To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible..

Headline :: Headline (n.) The line at the head or top of a page.

Decapitation :: Decapitation (n.) The act of beheading; beheading.

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs..

Shako :: Shako (n.) A kind of military cap or headdress.

Chuckleheaded :: Chuckleheaded (a.) Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid.

Roundtop :: Roundtop (n.) A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.

Inshore :: Inshore (adv.) Towards the shore; as, the boat was headed inshore..

Brank :: Brank (v. i.) To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit.

Paterfamilias :: Paterfamilias (n.) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master..

Tough-head :: Tough-head (n.) The ruddy duck.

Headless :: Headless (a.) Destitute of understanding or prudence; foolish; rash; obstinate.

Chimaera :: Chimaera (n.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point..

Sperm Whale :: Sperm whale () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale..

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